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Generally favorable reviews- based on 106 Ratings
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Positive: 72 out of 106
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Mixed: 3 out of 106
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Negative: 31 out of 106
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SeanP.Mar 7, 2007
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MikeCMar 7, 2006
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JeremyKAug 11, 2006I'm scared....Honestly...I will give them a respetful nod to originality, energy, and musicianship...At the same time, I admire a well-done avant-garde listen...Maybe I'll track it a few more times.
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Oct 30, 2019I'm really hard right now. Because of this album i am no longer impotent if you do not like this album chances are you are impotent.
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DavidTJun 8, 2006You can easily get the same effect without leaving your own home! Place a large metallic receptacle (bucket or cooking pot) over your head and bang with a large mallet repeatedly. For best results turn on every appliance in your house and leave running whilst doing this. Voila! A droning, masochistic waste of time!
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ptownsOct 30, 2005no thanks, just nothing there i liked
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trueFeb 6, 2006it's happening. my ears have lost all elasticity. every other album i own is a pile of second-rate joan-baez-influenced pussy-footing around the point. "But what is the point?" i hear you ask, you poor innocent. DERH! DERH-DERH-DERH- D-D-D-DERH! (that's from track four). makes death from above seem like your little sister's casey-casem mix tape. oh no...
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KurtCobainOct 19, 2005This album is as close to an ass raping as I want to experience. Rocks the hizzouse.
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WXOct 28, 2005Balls-out perfection and madness. Lightning Bolt captures what
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funkinkApr 16, 2006relentless. I'd never listen to anything else, that is, of course, if i can sew my ears back on and scoop my spattered skull from the wall behind me.
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MarkSJan 16, 2006This isn't music, it's noise. And it's "indie" for a reason.
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MattDDec 19, 2006Proof that hipsters will buy into anything.
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MattNov 5, 2005I give it 3 points because this music has its place in the music world. But I don't hear the melody, and it grates on me a lot. Might have been a bit better with stronger vocals.
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JackTMay 20, 2006Spectacular !!!! breathtaking!!!
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AKaplanMay 3, 2006people dont know what pretentious means, obviously, because this isnt it.
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GarethMJun 1, 2006Shocking. This isn't music.
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adamsJun 5, 2006shocking. who are all these chodes who love boredom and hate fun? why are they listening to this record?
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ToniC.Oct 31, 2005it's not music. it's just noise.
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MarkROct 30, 2005Intense is not the same as good. Where are the hooks and the melody that u can return too?
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MichaelMJan 20, 2006A pretentious barrage of noise, and badly mastered. I'm amazed by people jumping on the bandwagon claiming this will expand your mind, all it really does is give you perspective on how bad an over-hyped album can be.
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FredRFeb 8, 2006Thought this would an eye-opening album. Tame riffs over drums which have been pushed into the backround wrapped in whining distorted vocals. A mediocre and unimaginitive album.
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bolisjApr 16, 2006
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CaseyPMay 15, 2006It's obvious why so many people wouldn't like this, but I love it. Dead Cowboy for example is one of the best songs I've heard in a very long time.
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AngelaMMay 23, 2006I don't know what happened to the various reviewers and online critics, but this is the worst album I have ever heard. I think those who are rating this album highly are doing so in a pathetic attempt to differentiate themselves in an admittedly stagnant world
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JasonBApr 5, 2007It's appeal is far from universal, and its not a record I'm compelled to constantly listen to. That said, this album is worth hearing for fans left-field music who can actually stomach a bit of dissonance and noise (as opposed to the weak-kneed, limp-wristed, mincing pansy fairies claiming this is "just noise" or "not music").
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JonnYNov 1, 2005Great music! But only for 5 minutes, then you get a headache.
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alandNov 2, 2005you're playing the wrong game if you're looking for "hooks and melody." pl-ease. cry me a sufjan.
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jimsNov 2, 2005
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AdamXNov 4, 2005
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KMapMaplesNov 7, 2005This music has more sheer, raw power behind it than just about anything I have heard since, well...Raw Power (Iggy & the Stooges, you sorry uninitated sap).
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timmywNov 9, 2005Hypermagic Mountain takes what Lightning Bolt laid down with Wonderful Rainbow and plays with it, like its thier prey. A great fucking album.
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tomhOct 20, 20059.5 really. You hear about music with passion and heart in it. This music is only passion and heart. These are two guys who simply love to make an ungodly racket, and it kicks insane amounts of ass. Uninitiated listeners will have to spend a few hours picking up the pieces of their skull after the first listen. Wonderful Rainbow was better, but if you liked that, get this album, lazy whore.
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rbDec 13, 2005A "0" and a "1". Right. As if those reviewers have actually bought and heard this record. In any case if they did actually buy it they have both shown them to be entirely incapable of opening their ears to new sounds. I suggest they stick with MOR bands like Nickelback... This is a clever and imaginative record.
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jubjubpoooopOct 25, 2005hated it!
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md7md7Oct 26, 2005A bloody F@#$ing Trip. Great Heights and on and on and on. It lasted an hour it felt like 10 minutes. Really Nice. It appeals in both ways: difficul and experimental opposed by simplicity and appealness of their sound.
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DanielCOct 26, 2005Not a perfect 10. Amazing album, though. It's relentless; it will pummel you into the ground and will leave you wanting more.
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JohnKDec 6, 2005Utterly ridiculous.
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RonJeremyOct 26, 2005Anyone who doesn't enjoy this album has a small penis.
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BenDec 7, 2005One word: Wow..!
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RHOct 29, 2005One for the ages, and nothing out there comes close. It out-arts art, out-noises noise, out metals-metal and out-rocks rock. A classic record!!!
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srobertsOct 31, 2005youll either really like the production or hate it. L bolt excel as a live band so raw production is a good idea
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PatrickB.Jan 11, 2006oh, hell yes. standouts include "mohawk windmill" and "dead cowboy."
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T.SpeakerJan 13, 2006
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adilsJan 16, 2006
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JamesODec 1, 2006
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chrisgOct 26, 2006Are ya freakin' kiddin me? A TOP 10 Album of the year? This sounds like the aborted love-child of Marilyn Manson and an Al Quaeda beheading...
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FletcherBJan 5, 2006louder, louder louder less wild and dramatic, but stunning the drums on "dead cowboy" will kill the unprepared. be prepared.
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TheRealAlfonsodeBongFeb 28, 2006The recorded sound of a transit van decanting band and instruments onto the motorway at high speed. An true experiment in musical endurance.
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[Anonymous]Feb 5, 2006I wouldn't even call this music, it's just noise, and not a good noise either.
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StephenKApr 11, 2006I've listened to this album many times in different settings, moods and seasons. I've searched long and hard for depth and the appeal that these guys seem to have and found nothing. A pretentious band for conceited listeners. Pathetic.
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RyanKApr 24, 2006People who rate this album highly are pretentious posers. Listen to this album to hear the sound of a band disappearing up its own ass.
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DeanFMay 17, 2006A great example of the sounds on the periphery, and what a sorry state music as a whole is in.
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WilsonPMay 22, 2006Sounds like twelve year olds making noise in their basement.
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PhilBrontlyMay 25, 2006What a waste of time.
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JodyKMay 26, 2006Really, really bad album.
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FredDMay 31, 2006Really bad album.
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pepevisionJun 2, 2006
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lukeAug 13, 2006what the !@#$%^^$@@$!##@%#%@!!????
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LoganKSep 8, 2006Such polarized views! Lightning Bolt puts out amazing albums and even more amazing live shows.
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AndyHMar 8, 2007Brilliant, mesmerizing, and almost does justice to their live show.
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AllanXMay 5, 2007
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BrianBNov 17, 2005This album is amazing. It takes the best parts of Ride the Skies and Wonderful Rainbow, blends them together and shoves them down your ear canal. To call this noise is to do it a grave injustice: there are some serious songs here, these guys know exactly what they are doing. Of course, if you were not down with the Bolt before, this album isn't going to change your opinion.
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CanadianPhilosopherNov 2, 2005Absolute garbage. Unlistenable. A waste of bandwidth.
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PetterADec 20, 2005I can also play every instrument at the same time in no order. This isn´t music, this is noice.
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FredKDec 28, 2005Having bought this album and listened to it repeatedly, I can confidently say that initially it sounds like a convoluted mess, and eventually one realises that there is no real complexity behind the music. Simply a self indulgent waste of talent, time and money.
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dpalmDec 4, 2005i just have to say, what the hell is going on. this is really messed up. .... I like it.
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TensionHeaderOct 25, 2005I think Neil Young would enjoy this. Kaboom. It's huge.
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AndrewCDec 9, 2005Wow....i often wonder whether these reviewers aren't just looking for something totally out of the ordinary to which they will commend. And of course most listeners, after checking their fav mag review, will follow in suit to say that, as d palm has commented, "this is really messed up. .... I like it." Its all noise to me....
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DrGoobOct 29, 2005
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JesusChristDec 1, 2006
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GiantPandaJan 14, 2007awesome!
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ChrisHNov 14, 2005It's like god was getting really pissed off and frustrated and he sent a flood to wipe us out for being so shit, but that didn't quite scratch him where he itched, so he picked up his bass and tore the fuck out of it and Lightning Bolt found the tape.
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NickNov 17, 2005Not Wonderful Rainbow but still not like anything else. Takes listening not hearing you low score giving fools.
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SeanTDec 11, 2005more metal riffs on this one. louder sound. absolutely essential.
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Jun 22, 2022"Anyone who doesn't enjoy this album has a small penis."
So true Metacritic user RonJeremy
Awards & Rankings
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This is a great record, if it is a record.
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At its most chaotic, Hypermagic Mountain could tear open a wormhole into Comets on Fire's Blue Cathedral.
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Essentially, the Brians don't really need to innovate that much anymore and instead are just fine-tuning their craft in glorious ways.